Re: Using a Vodem in Linux

2007-07-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On 7/22/07, Eliot Blennerhassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrew Packer wrote: > Subsequent to all the above I've written a shell script to unmount the > Vodem as a CD-ROM, change the usb modules as above and launch the Vodem > driver. I'd like to be able to run it other than in a terminal but

Re: Using a Vodem in Linux

2007-07-21 Thread Eliot Blennerhassett
Andrew Packer wrote: > Subsequent to all the above I've written a shell script to unmount the > Vodem as a CD-ROM, change the usb modules as above and launch the Vodem > driver. I'd like to be able to run it other than in a terminal but > haven't got that sussed out yet. Google for "udev Huawei_E

Re: Just sent a fax

2007-07-21 Thread yuri
On 21/07/07, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > I'd like to think that faxes have had their day, and could be replaced > by scanners and email. I very much disagree. The print quality of faxes is shocking, but they are protected by privacy laws (pertaining to the telephone system) and are reasonably sec

Re: Using a Vodem in Linux

2007-07-21 Thread Don Gould
Thanks Andrew I have a vodem as well. I've had enough trouble getting it to run under windows Andrew Packer wrote: I sent the following about 7 days ago, but it appears never to have arrived on the CLUG server, and meanwhile I lost contact with CLUG - some incompatibility of

Re: [OT] Can anyone recommend a computer repair shop

2007-07-21 Thread Robert Fisher
On Sunday 22 July 2007 12:22 am, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > bin the power supply or bin the computer? > >You can get a younger and thus better > working replacement for the same price as paying a technician for two > or three hours work. Read my lips. I have a tool which plugs in to the power

Re: Just sent a fax

2007-07-21 Thread Robert Fisher
On Saturday 21 July 2007 11:53 pm, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: fullstop. > > That scanner/pdf/everything else machine you've got is superb in a law > office where it's used every 5 minutes, but it's not justifiable for the > occasional use. > But businesses love them (almost demand them). I install at

Re: sharing a printer / Open Suse / KDE / with XP computers

2007-07-21 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Sat 21 Jul 2007 15:47:27 NZST +1200, Reg wrote: > I tried with the suse firewall off and still no go. Good, you have eliminated the firewall from the suspect list :) > If to make it go I > would have to open up a whole lot of ports and rules to make firewall > ineffective then maybe I will fl

Re: [OT] Can anyone recommend a computer repair shop

2007-07-21 Thread Rik Tindall
Timothy Musson wrote: Christopher Sawtell, 2007-07-22 00:22:41: bin the power supply or bin the computer? Unless thje fault is something glaringly obvious which can be fixed in just a few minutes, it's just not worth futzing around with machines more than about 5 years old. You can get a young

Re: [OT] Can anyone recommend a computer repair shop

2007-07-21 Thread Timothy Musson
Timothy Musson wrote: > Christopher Sawtell, 2007-07-22 00:22:41: > > >bin the power supply or bin the computer? > > Unless thje fault is something glaringly obvious which can be fixed in > > just a few minutes, it's just not worth futzing around with machines > > more than about 5 years old. You

Re: [OT] Can anyone recommend a computer repair shop

2007-07-21 Thread Timothy Musson
Christopher Sawtell, 2007-07-22 00:22:41: > >bin the power supply or bin the computer? > Unless thje fault is something glaringly obvious which can be fixed in > just a few minutes, it's just not worth futzing around with machines > more than about 5 years old. You can get a younger and thus bette

Re: Just sent a fax

2007-07-21 Thread Ross Drummond
On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:58, Nick Rout wrote: > Distinctive ring is about $4-5 per month on the phone bill. It gives you > a second number with a different ring. Suitable hardware (look for > claims of "faxability") can distinguish the ring and answer if it likes > the ring. If your hardware won't d

Re: [OT] Can anyone recommend a computer repair shop

2007-07-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
bin the power supply or bin the computer? Unless thje fault is something glaringly obvious which can be fixed in just a few minutes, it's just not worth futzing around with machines more than about 5 years old. You can get a younger and thus better working replacement for the same price as payin

Re: Just sent a fax

2007-07-21 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Sat 21 Jul 2007 12:55:03 NZST +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > >Hylafax is an enterprise grade faxing solution. > FWIW, Some years aga I found Gert Doering's mgetty+sendfax to be a > superior package. > http://mgetty.greenie.net/ I found hylafax overkill once and tried to use mgetty+sendfa

Re: Just sent a fax

2007-07-21 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Sat 21 Jul 2007 10:58:04 NZST +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > Distinctive ring is about $4-5 per month on the phone bill. $2.45. Much less than a second phone line. > It gives you > a second number with a different ring. Suitable hardware (look for > claims of "faxability") can distinguish the ring

Re: [OT] Can anyone recommend a computer repair shop

2007-07-21 Thread Nick Rout
Christopher Sawtell wrote: On 7/21/07, Timothy Musson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Yesterday a friend of a friend asked me to take a look at his computer, a HP Pavilion 510a (~5 years old), which does absolutely nothing when switched on (...no LEDs light up, no fans, no beeps, no blue smoke,

Re: [OT] Can anyone recommend a computer repair shop

2007-07-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On 7/21/07, Timothy Musson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Yesterday a friend of a friend asked me to take a look at his computer, a HP Pavilion 510a (~5 years old), which does absolutely nothing when switched on (...no LEDs light up, no fans, no beeps, no blue smoke, no sign of life whatsoever).